夜幕低垂,月亮在雲後浮動。
哲別仰躺在斷壁殘垣間,胸口起伏微弱,血從嘴角滲出,染紅他銀白的鬍鬚。身旁是陪伴他征戰的老馬。34Please respect copyright.PENANABpTl0zhD5Q
他殺夠了,也該走了。34Please respect copyright.PENANAgHAzka4Cvp
遠處,戰火還未熄,餘燼閃爍如獸瞳。風捲沙揚,卻吹不散那個正向他走來的黑影——34Please respect copyright.PENANAJJvXMZRehW
神秘人。34Please respect copyright.PENANAFlRPxdHGPR
那人披著一件破斗篷,像從影子走出來,腳步無聲,像風也避讓。他站定在哲別腳邊,歪了歪頭。34Please respect copyright.PENANAvSxzGMhJtQ
「你快死了。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAQFbbALdvQE
哲別咳出一口血,勉強笑了:「廢話。」34Please respect copyright.PENANATfLdQ8gZYD
神秘人也笑,笑聲像野獸在吸氣灌進破屋,尖又冷。34Please respect copyright.PENANAiYubMsXSw8
「你不錯,夠狠、夠準、夠多,草原會記得你,漢人會怕你,地獄會給你留個座。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA1sjFlFI4fo
哲別眯起眼:「你……是誰?」34Please respect copyright.PENANA5plE5MhH5p
神秘人蹲下,從懷中掏出那張熟悉的羊皮紙,輕輕展開——上面寫著:34Please respect copyright.PENANAogs5BZGOKh
下方浮起微光,接著又慢慢浮出新一行名字。34Please respect copyright.PENANA61TRKq4jpi
哲別看著紙,勉強一笑:「我猜得出,你是收魂的。」34Please respect copyright.PENANApXossZ0iC8
「不止,我也給選擇。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAYrdVMAOTLI
神秘人將紙舉到他面前,聲音輕得像是在哄小孩入夢:34Please respect copyright.PENANAqcwElXFUaf
「你可以躺下,讓史書寫你是病死的,或者……跟我走,去殺更多敵人,殺那些曾讓你做夢都不安的異族。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA4XOxPzCoNC
「那裡,有一場比成吉思汗更髒、更亂的屠殺。你去,能讓他們知道『弓』不只在草原響。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA4t9TR5ybxG
哲別閉上眼,沉默。34Please respect copyright.PENANA96KaLgdps5
許久,他開口:「這次……箭夠嗎?」34Please respect copyright.PENANAYcReSj1jLw
神秘人輕笑,從霧裡伸出手,手裡是他那把雕弓,完好無缺,連箭袋都滿的。34Please respect copyright.PENANAz6RzHw3cst
哲別看著那弓,最後一口氣沒咽下,而是轉為低笑:34Please respect copyright.PENANAdn2qsbOdj0
「好,那我就……再殺一回。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAOBfB0tyg34
他伸手握住弓的一刻,屍體化作飛灰,血跡如煙飄散,消失在風中,只剩一旁的老馬。34Please respect copyright.PENANANfqUDDkjqG
只有神秘人還站在原地,朝著天邊戰火的方向低聲喃語:34Please respect copyright.PENANAExgwsbULIl
「哲別——到手了。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAPq0e3lBZd2
而黃泉裡,傳來了新的弦響。34Please respect copyright.PENANAB2JErhyeEc
一處戰場,殘旗倒掛,鏽甲半埋,荒草間還見白骨枯槍。風聲裡帶著鐵鏽與血腥,像是歷史的嘆息還沒散完。34Please respect copyright.PENANATgU3uDvUzC
養由基盤膝坐在一塊斷碑上,手中的弓橫放膝頭,弓身裂痕斑駁,卻依舊銳氣逼人。他剛殺完一戰,衣襟上還有未乾的血,敵人的,也有自己的的。34Please respect copyright.PENANAJiaIGRl3qx
他正在磨箭,像是磨自己的耐性,也像是在等什麼。34Please respect copyright.PENANA1hMqixdzYi
神秘人,來了。34Please respect copyright.PENANAyJxF9Ypf0s
他從戰場盡頭走出,腳步不快,但聲音一點沒有——就像這人從不踩地。34Please respect copyright.PENANA2NNjFiMtGg
養由基沒抬頭,只淡聲問一句:「這次換誰來求我?」34Please respect copyright.PENANAamTTv6JSBU
神秘人輕笑:「沒人求你。我是來給你一個選擇。」34Please respect copyright.PENANArePfbxo9YE
「選擇殺誰?」34Please respect copyright.PENANAmGhiItXfN2
「不,是選擇去哪裡殺更多人。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAcTx6t3HMYv
神秘人走近,手中依舊是那張羊皮紙,破舊、泛黃,但此刻在風中飄動時,紙面卻浮現出一道道血紋,像是魂寫成的名單。34Please respect copyright.PENANAPEvM3kx4gd
他低聲說:34Please respect copyright.PENANAi2AorkecsW
「五胡亂華,漢人被活剝,孩子被拿去踩鼓,女人被串成牲口,男人被斬頭練刀。百年江山斷在蛮族手裡。你在這裡殺再多,也趕不上那邊的血流得快。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAvluQWRDppe
養由基停下磨箭的動作,緩緩抬頭,眼中沒有驚訝,只有殺意尚未平息的寧靜:34Please respect copyright.PENANAhQT9KAWfwe
「哪裡來的五胡亂華?」34Please respect copyright.PENANARwB7mkfNxz
神秘人語氣低冷,「要去嗎。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAJSmzmkapAj
他將紙輕輕展開,上面浮出幾個名字:「劉淵、石勒、劉曜、苻堅……」34Please respect copyright.PENANA21hG0JMBJ0
每一個名字後頭,都寫著屠城的數字,有的寫「一夜五萬」,有的乾脆一句「無人生還」。34Please respect copyright.PENANAUghoxoWQvT
「我知道你不信神。」神秘人接著說,「但我信你。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAeN0oerw1W4
「你這種人,死也該死在敵人的骨堆裡,而不是慢慢老、慢慢爛、慢慢被歷史忘了。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAW6I7jrzHJ1
養由基沉默了一陣,然後嗤地笑了:34Please respect copyright.PENANAHzTNA1w3c4
神秘人雙手一翻,指向他膝上的破弓:34Please respect copyright.PENANA2gaMUFH0xe
「給你一把新弓,三百箭,每一箭射死一個造孽的。」34Please respect copyright.PENANACT8CpXJHSc
養由基搖頭:「不換。這把弓殺過的人,比你那張紙上那些人殺的還多。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAOygJjgjpI0
神秘人頓了頓,隨即笑了:「好。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAYi8ijGoJkA
他伸出手,霧氣纏上弓弦,戰場邊緣驟然開出一道灰光裂口,像地獄張開了門。34Please respect copyright.PENANAfDSSVz7uT2
養由基起身,將舊箭袋挎上,披風一披,一步踏入那裂口。34Please respect copyright.PENANA4fGnRgOkjq
「去哪?」34Please respect copyright.PENANAmwKexX6kQp
神秘人在後頭說:「西晉,永嘉年。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAVQBYFwVkEJ
「好。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAoIMS6yQwCs
裂口閉合前,養由基的聲音悠悠傳出:34Please respect copyright.PENANALCGWTaCmaN
「這次,我不救人,我只殺人。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAGFaqTJ0SNB
風從白門樓頂灌下,像一口無形的棺材蓋緩緩合上。34Please respect copyright.PENANAiaT8WnjdeL
呂布跪著,披風破成了碎布,鎧甲裂得像龜殼,血從鼻中一滴滴落下,滴在腳邊的泥上——那是他自己的血,熱,黏,像還想留下來繼續殺人。34Please respect copyright.PENANAp5AMubsGOs
「劉備……你不是說……義氣……」34Please respect copyright.PENANAKRSTBDz3kX
他話還沒說完,一根繩索勒緊脖子。
脖子裡有火在燒,有刀在割,眼前開始浮現奇怪的東西。34Please respect copyright.PENANAKTbULKj6vZ
——不是幻覺。34Please respect copyright.PENANANwwZFKNLrA
那是一個人,站在斷垣殘壁後,一身黑衣,臉藏在斗篷裡。風把他袍角掀起來,像是空氣也怕他。34Please respect copyright.PENANAUKa8GBrNMv
呂布喘著氣,喉頭快被勒斷,眼還盯著那人。34Please respect copyright.PENANAjHcS7xGaxx
「你是……誰?」34Please respect copyright.PENANARThP58cCvk
神秘人笑了,聲音淡得像落灰:「你還真能撐。」34Please respect copyright.PENANADrJrOQy3Mt
「不錯……將死之人,還沒放下屠刀。你活得很像你自己,死得也算乾淨。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA3bGnwny8nc
呂布沒力氣回話,只冷笑,喉頭發出破銅爛鐵般的嘶聲。34Please respect copyright.PENANAgpZDlnYZc1
神秘人走近兩步,眼底幽深如井:「我可以救你,帶你去個地方,讓你繼續殺。繼續殺你想殺的,殺你不能殺的。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAkCHVxDPMi6
「你想再打一場真正的戰,不是這種被人背叛、用繩索勒死的狗樣子。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA5TMXbWpTa6
「再給你一次機會證明自己?」34Please respect copyright.PENANAe51Zb2Z3v3
呂布眼神一凜。那一瞬間,像是風停了,天暗了。34Please respect copyright.PENANArXxj9LCMgU
「我…是人中…呂布。」34Please respect copyright.PENANALYs6ssJo9d
神秘人點點頭:「很好。記住這個念頭。等你斷氣,我會來帶你走。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA4TxaYgIW24
呂布忽然笑了,嘴角裂開,血和唾液混著流出。34Please respect copyright.PENANA2yOtwILPZO
「你敢讓我活……那我就讓這個天下,再怕我一次。」34Please respect copyright.PENANA8yT6tUC7XF
繩子一緊,脖子「咯」地一響。34Please respect copyright.PENANAmQdqC1S5qc
他沒再掙扎了。34Please respect copyright.PENANAOf4dVidoG3
但風裡多了一聲輕笑。神秘人在他耳邊低語:34Please respect copyright.PENANAwGgXoxVoTO
「白門樓下,是你第一次死。」34Please respect copyright.PENANAW6kFGWtPk2